The Last of the Mohicans series has landed at HBO. I wish H-wood would move past its predilection for re-boots and delve deeper into the vast, rich trove of Story that is frontier history. I’d be more than happy to give them a treatment for a series built around Allan W. Eckert’s The Frontiersmen, say. You could do a lot with Simon Kenton and Blue … [Read more...] about More From The Trapline — Mohicans, Falafel And A House Of Wolves — March 2020

There is nothing more piquant for me than Frontier Partisan history spiced with a dash of the weird, wild, and fantastical. Blame the early Robert E. Howard influence if you like, but H. Rider Haggard and Bertram Mitford offer evidence that the fantastical is baked in the biltong. Last Tuesday night I ran through multiple episodes of Des … [Read more...] about Knysna — A Mountain Forest ‘Restless And Spooky’

By Rick Schwertfeger, Captain, Frontier Partisans Southern Command, Austin, Texas “It’s for the land and power.” – Dr. Larry Len Peterson “Kill people and take their land and resources.” – Jim Cornelius RUNNING IRON REPORT podcast, December 18, 2019 * And it’s to serve God: to convert the savage heathens to The One True Faith. After … [Read more...] about The Yaqui Resistance — Part I

By Captain Paul McNamee, Frontier Partisans, New England Command Another European Pot Boils Over In 1700, Charles II of Spain died, pulling Europe into the War of Spanish Succession, which would last through 1714. England and France failed to reach a neutrality agreement concerning their American colonies. Hope for neutrality … [Read more...] about The Raid On Deerfield

Tamara Saviano’s documentary on the art of the late, great Guy Clark, Without Getting Killed or Caught will premier this spring. The trailer is out now... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGWMsBa6gQQ&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3p62sDqZa5uAputBXCfYUl0oo0Vrd0WJNZMWvvY5janjxaUWjVR-2h3e4 “A true-blue Texas hero.” Damn straight. * Speaking … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — March 2020 — Texas Heroes, Nueces Strippers

They cast their lot Right or not South of the Rio Grande — “John Reilly,” Tim O’Brien and Guy Clark * I’ve about had my fill of traveling over the mountains to Portland, but I may have to make the trek to see The Corrido of the San Patricios. In 1846, two hundred US soldiers defected from the American army to fight for Mexico during the … [Read more...] about ‘The Corrido Of The San Patricios’

  Many moons ago, I sat mesmerized in the performing arts center in Elko, Nevada, as a woman recited Harry Harbord Morant’s poem, Who’s Riding Old Harlequin Now? The setting was the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, and the Breaker’s work falls seamlessly into that tradition. The recitation was excellent, and it gave me chills to hear … [Read more...] about Who’s Riding Old Harlequin Now?

Good news from the world of Frontier Partisan art: The estimable John-Seerey Lester will release a new book later this year titled Legendary Hunters and Explorers. This must land on the FP coffee table. Here’s a glimpse of its glories... * Marilyn and I have secured our tickets to see Corb Lund in Bend in April, as he tours in … [Read more...] about More From The Trapline — February 2020

I raise a glass to his shade — and the shade of the ornery, cantankerous, brave and greedy French trapper he brought to life so vividly. Pasquinel, you magnificent bastard! … [Read more...] about Robert Conrad — RIP

His nickname meant “Killer” in the Zulu language, and he was proud of it, signing himself Alf Bulala Taylor. If you’ve seen the film Breaker Morant, the Intelligence Officer and Native Commissioner is played as a kind of sinister eminence by John Waters. Taylor was as responsible as any man for the killing spree that went down in the remote … [Read more...] about Bulala Taylor, Hard Man Of The Veld